piping hot

Example Sentences

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During the next outage, you’ll find me with my family, under an electric blanket, sipping piping hot tea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Your daughter made you a lukewarm cup of tea, and you are rewarding her with a piping hot mug of the finest Colombian coffee.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

It is made by brushing butter onto a piping hot naan and sprinkling a generous amount of chopped garlic on it.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Thursday mornings at La Princesita Tortilleria in East Los Angeles are devoted to making chips, so customers couldn’t get any piping hot tortillas when I visited last week.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

“Water,” I suggest, but continue to record Kareem’s open-mouthed struggle with the piping hot cheese—total culinary drama.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed